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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1939
Page
4
Reads like a damaged OCR of a nonprofit or corporate slate listing Ceretee Bm as president and managing, with a vice president and treasurer, secretary and editor roles miswritten. No clear names or entities beyond titles.
State Secretary A Arthur Sweeny released figures showing inmates in Pennsylvania prisons average less education, with eighth grade level inmates forming the largest group and high school graduates remaining a small share. The data bolster calls to raise compulsory schooling age to steer youth away from crime and toward productive careers.
The piece argues against utopian plans for universal wealth and government guardianship. It contends human nature and talent resist leveling by paternalist policy, noting political domination must preserve basic social stability while still allowing individual achievement without a mechanized safety net.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a plan by a major film company to let audiences demand an encore of favored scenes. Extra reels would be kept in the booth and rolled if there is heavy applause, disrupting current timing and prompting debates on the idea’s practicality and potential exploits.
Harvard historian Professor Samuel Eliot Morison leads 1039 mariners from New Brunswick in August to replicate Columbus era routes across the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf. They aim to glean new insights into the 1492 voyage while noting how trails vanish with time and human endeavor.
Washington dispatch questions the Roosevelt era six year experiment as failing to reduce unemployment and relief rolls. Critics cite pump priming success, while observers from Clapper to Wolman note labor policy shortcomings and the administration's stubborn stance.
William A. Chalfant recalls a long career in journalism and a historic press used across California. The piece spans early presses from Monterey to San Francisco and revolutions in politics, noting a press now preserved at the University of Washington as a historic relic.
In Asbury Park New Jersey Attorney General Frank Murphy calls for payroll cuts and improved personnel management to boost efficiency. In Halifax King George bids farewell to Canada promising a return with renewed sense of imperial resources and responsibilities. In Washington Secretary Harold L. Ickes endorses a third Roosevelt term, dismissing opposition as political hokum.
A jumble of light jokes and quips about politics and daily life. The item riffs on Germany labor shifts under 25, Roosevelt fears for a third term, and a string of cartoonish vignettes about doctors, grocers, brides and grooms. It closes with a note on Hitler ordering a plane for non stop travel and a sly remark about a friendly visit to the United States.
A groom to be favors high quality pieces over cheap sets, preferring clean wallpaper and lasting style. The note praises selecting real pearls of furniture and compares it to choicely chosen wedding gifts and home decor.
Washington reports show the Roosevelt administration funds and trains Latin American military students and hosts allied officers as part of a Pan American defense effort. The piece argues friendship with Latin republics tempers fascist influence, noting Argentine and Brazilian ties while calling out historical tensions and trade frictions.
A humorous column traces Father s Day origins and changing views of fatherhood from rugged patriarchs to modern authoritative yet affectionate dads. It notes shifts in family dynamics since 1929 and praises dads for steadiness, discipline, and resilience amid social change.
Memories are thoughts kept for another day like a bank account of time with deposits of sorrow and pleasure. The poem compares memory to savings, securely stored to provide future joy and comfort in old age through every small treasure of life.
Bible Thought For Today quotes Galatians 6 10 urging support for the household of faith. A lighthearted bridge anecdote follows where a player apologizes for a foolish move and a spectator consolingly responds with humor about the choices made.
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